Hey gang,
I just wanted to take a brief moment to share with you my love for two Mazzolari's namely Patchouli and Lui.
After having spent a year or two on this forum and having acquired numerous bottles based on recommendations, sampling and the obligatory overenthusiastic blind buys, I realized i had not found my holy grail yet. Although the MPG's are among my absolute favourites, and broody earthy notes seemed to be the recurring theme in my growing collection, I did not find THE bottle i was looking for. That is until i got a sample of Lui and patchouli. Man how i cradled those samples. When the sample flacon dried up I immediately bought Patchouli, which was different enough from MOntale's PL to warrant a full bottle. Lui took me some time to get my head around. I couldnt figure out why it gave me a headache until i sampled Vetiver and Mazzolari which both have the same note as lui does in diminished proportions that just rub me the wrong way. So i postponed buying Lui hoping i would forget all about it , but its memory kept haunting me. So since last week i am the proud owner of Lui and didnt not regret it for a second.
Both Patchouli and Lui seem to have this warm antiquated book smell about it which i just love. Very elegant, distinguished but not in any penhaligon's way. Far warmer and in case of Lui WAY more aggressive and testosterone filled. Far from imagining me driving in a Ferrari with bear chest, hair bulging out, gold chains and Russian model on the passengers seat, lui and patchouli both create the image of a cottage in winter time, open fire place, dog at my feet and books all around. I love it.
Just spewing my love for these two here, and i am curious how others evaluate these fragrances, especially compared to vetiver and mazzolari which i thought were huge let downs.
I just wanted to take a brief moment to share with you my love for two Mazzolari's namely Patchouli and Lui.
After having spent a year or two on this forum and having acquired numerous bottles based on recommendations, sampling and the obligatory overenthusiastic blind buys, I realized i had not found my holy grail yet. Although the MPG's are among my absolute favourites, and broody earthy notes seemed to be the recurring theme in my growing collection, I did not find THE bottle i was looking for. That is until i got a sample of Lui and patchouli. Man how i cradled those samples. When the sample flacon dried up I immediately bought Patchouli, which was different enough from MOntale's PL to warrant a full bottle. Lui took me some time to get my head around. I couldnt figure out why it gave me a headache until i sampled Vetiver and Mazzolari which both have the same note as lui does in diminished proportions that just rub me the wrong way. So i postponed buying Lui hoping i would forget all about it , but its memory kept haunting me. So since last week i am the proud owner of Lui and didnt not regret it for a second.
Both Patchouli and Lui seem to have this warm antiquated book smell about it which i just love. Very elegant, distinguished but not in any penhaligon's way. Far warmer and in case of Lui WAY more aggressive and testosterone filled. Far from imagining me driving in a Ferrari with bear chest, hair bulging out, gold chains and Russian model on the passengers seat, lui and patchouli both create the image of a cottage in winter time, open fire place, dog at my feet and books all around. I love it.
Just spewing my love for these two here, and i am curious how others evaluate these fragrances, especially compared to vetiver and mazzolari which i thought were huge let downs.
goes a long way to explain why Lui is seen as too unruly by some. But for the last week i havent really worn anything else and actually crave it in the morning. Patchouly however is just sooooothing in a big big way. I always think that gentleman givenchy is for being bold and rugged in the outside world, mazzolari patchouly what that same guy wears inside 
